I love it, Patti. I don't know what you wrote ages ago, but the fix-up is a delicious haiku.Last winter I wrote "The pregnant earth", a poem in Spanish - La tierra preñada -, about how life is growing under the snow:

http://donaene.blogspot.com.es/2012/02/la-tierra-prenada.html

In just three rich lines you have resumed the idea wonderfully. Your Blog is a nice place to find beauty and tenderness, I'll come back.Thanks for sharing.:)